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The Pneumonia We Keep Naming
A Nobel laureate blamed Trump for America's failure to stop cheap drones. The real culprit has been hiding in plain sight since Eisenhower's 1961…
Jun 18
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Dino Alonso
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They Knew and They Did Nothing
A federal worker's diagnosis of why American checks and balances failed, who knew it was broken, and what structural reforms might actually fix it.
Jun 17
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Dino Alonso
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Hopeium
The Democratic recovery narrative is a comfortable lie. Here's the math, the psychology, and the structural reasons why the wave isn't coming.
Jun 3
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Dino Alonso
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May 2026
Masters of the Supine
Trump's cabinet doesn't just flatter him. It manages him. And the right built the legal architecture to make sure no one can stop it.
May 27
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Dino Alonso
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April 2026
Nobody Said a Word
Silence is cheaper than truth, institutions are gutted from within. Preference falsification failed American democracy everywhere, from Senate to voting…
Apr 17
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Dino Alonso
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The Brakes Were Cut Long Before Anyone Checked the Engine
The dementia frame is clinically wrong and morally convenient. The thirty-year record describes character, not decline. It's time to reckon with that.
Apr 4
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Dino Alonso
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March 2026
Nobody's Walking Out. They're Changing the Locks.
American military dominance isn't collapsing — it's being renegotiated by host nations without Washington at the table. Qatar and Korea prove it.
Mar 28
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Dino Alonso
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Democratic Perimeter Update - March 23 - 27
A weekly civic watch on federal power, the Iran war, a 41-day DHS shutdown, Minnesota's legislative fight, and Europe's quiet reckoning with American…
Mar 27
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Dino Alonso
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A Note to My Readers
Light Against Empire goes fully free. Here's why a paywall was always the wrong door for writing meant to cross the divides that are breaking us.
Mar 26
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Dino Alonso
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Lessons of Leaving
A humanist's departures from church, spirituality, and the American Legion reveal why belonging is one need that never betrays us, even when every…
Mar 22
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Dino Alonso
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The Lessons of Leaving
A humanist's four departures from church, spirituality, and the American Legion reveal why belonging is the one need that never betrays us, even when…
Mar 22
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Dino Alonso
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You Were Promised the Files
Trump promised to release the Epstein files. His Justice Department withheld the 53 pages that matter most. The serial numbers prove it. Here's what…
Mar 16
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Dino Alonso
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